Luk Thai at The Cricketers

You'll find yourself on Melbourne Place, just off the main drag, pushing through the door of what looks like any other local boozer—except the kitchen's pumping out som tam that'll clear your sinuses and curries that taste like they've got actual depth to them. It's a proper fusion setup: the bones of a traditional English pub, all dark wood and that particular smell of decades-old beer, but the menu's running rings around most Thai restaurants in the city. The staff know what they're doing, the prices won't make you wince, and on any given night you'll spot academics next to builders next to tourists who've stumbled in by happy accident.